After years being a defender, the kingdom has stabilized enough for Nicci to set out on new adventures, including keeping Nathan, a prophet, out of trouble.

When Rachelle Matthews undergoes a procedure to restore her sight, she begins to dream of another world and learns that she is the one destined to find five seals in both worlds in order to bring them peace, but if she fails, both will fall into darkness.

The formidable sorceress Nicci and her companions-the newly powerless Nathan and the youthful Bannon-set out on another quest after driving ruthless Norukai slavers out of Renda Bay. Their mission: restore Nathan's magic and, for Nicci, save the world. Guided by the witch-woman Red''s mysterious prophecy, the trio makes their way south of Kol Adair towards a wondrous city shrouded behind time, Ildakar. But the grotesque omens on their path to Nathan's...

From New York Times-bestselling author Abercrombie comes the first book in a new blockbuster fantasy trilogy where the age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die.

Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travellers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution.